Rudra Rugge
Director Of Engineering at Google
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRudra Rugge is a seasoned engineering leader with nearly three decades of experience building and operating cloud, networking, and security platforms, now serving as Director of Engineering at Google after senior leadership roles at Selector AI, Nutanix, Juniper, VMware, and F5. He specializes in SaaS analytics, security, and large-scale AIOps, hiring and scaling cross-functional teams in San Francisco, San Jose, and Pune. Technically hands-on early in his career, Rudra contributed backend and DevOps fixes to notable open-source networking projects like Juniper’s Contrail controller, addressing authentication, CNI integration, and service monitoring. He combines product-focused delivery with deep operational rigor—managing SDN, security, and monitoring products across acquisitions and enterprise transitions. An MBA from Berkeley Haas paired with an MS in Computer Science underpins his ability to bridge business strategy and technical execution. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex distributed systems requirements into reliable, production-grade SaaS offerings.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
BE Computer Engineering, BE Computer Engineering at COEP Technological UniversityMBA, MBA at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (14)
kubernetes-pods10
kubernetes10
nt10
python10
co10
networking9
network9
net9
configuration-management9
cni9
api8
apidoc8
devops8
go4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Juniper/contrail-controller
Jun 2016 - Apr 2017
Contrail Controller
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:31 commits in 9 months
Contributions summary:Rudra primarily contributed to the Contrail Controller by addressing bug fixes, particularly those related to authentication failures and shared instance IP deletion. Their work included modifying service monitor components, SNAT agent, and API server configurations. Further enhancements included the development of features for kubenet and mesos CNI plugins, with associated directory structure and initial setup files.
controlleropencontrail-core-projectopencontrail
Juniper/container-networking-builder
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
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